Cattle-leading ring



Nov. 6, 1923.

' J. S. NAYLOR CATTLE LEADING RING Filed Jan. 50 1923 Ratentecl Nov. 6, 1923.

UN rEn Sr :rosnrn s, nAYLon, or oLnAnLAKE, owa,

CATTLE-LEADING RING.

Application filed January '30, "1923. Serial No. 615,821. 7

To all whom/ 2'25 may concern." a

Be it known that I, JCSEIH' 1S. NAYLoR, a. citizen of the United States, and a resident of Clear Lake,in the county of Cerro Go-rdo and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Cattle-Leading Ring, of which the following is a specification.

The object, of my invention is to provide a ring of simple, durable and inexpensive construction, especially designed for use; on domesticanima-ls such as cattle, as a means for the attachment. of leading chains, 7

More specifically it is my ohjectto provide a. ring ofthis class whichmay bea-p plied ;to the-animals nose and there firmly held without penetrating the wall between the animals nostril; and

Further to provide a ring ofthis class in V which the parts may be readily and quickly separated as-required in applying to or removing from the #annnals nose, and then when it is inserted in position -l:'or, use, the

parts may all. be readily andquiekly connected with each other and firmly braced against all movement, to thereby provide a permanent connection without danger: of having the ring released,

M y invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby v the objects con-i templated are attained,;as hereinaftermore fullyset iforth pointed out in my claims,

and illustrated in the accompanying drawtin which;

Figure .1 Shows a side elevation of a complete ring embodying my invention in a closed position. ,7 i

F i urea shows a vertical, central, sectional view of the same.

Figure 3 shows an edge View of one of the double sections of which the ring is formed.

Figure 4: shows an enlarged, detail, sectional view on the line 14 of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 shows a. side elevation of a modified form of my invention, the dotted lines show one of the sections moved to open position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, it will be noted that each section of the ring is a duplicate of the other in many respects, and I will, therefore, first describe the parts or members of one of these sections, which comprises a substantially semi-circular body portion 10 preferablyround in cross section and having at one end anzoval knob and p at the other end a lug l2lofhalf the thiclg- I ness of the body of the ring, and all arranged on one sidejof the longitudinal cene ter of the ring, as shown in Figure 3, 'This i lug 12 hasan opening through it designed I to receive apivot pin 18.

At a point between theovallm0b11 and the lug 12 is afb-ra-ce arm 14 formed integral with the body 1 0and projected inwardly, to

a point substantially in line with a line be-i tween the. knob 11 and the pivot pin This arm is substantially half the thickness of the body portion 10 and it is located on the side of the body portion oppo-site toithel1 side at which the lug 12 is located, this arrangement being clearly illustrated in Fig I,

ure 3. The arm 14 is formed with a screw, threaded opening designed to receive a.

screw 15. I

In assembling the parts, I first place the tworing seotionsin position asshown in Figure 1, and then secure the pivot pin 13 in posit-ion so that the twoparts are hinged together. lVhen this arrangement has/been made attention is called to theiact that the lug l2 and the arm 14 of one of the members i I is arranged on the op posite side o fthe co-r- A responding lug and arrrrof the other memher, andwhen the screw 15 is; put into posi-" tion, then this arrangement; of'thearms and the lugs will strengthenandreinforce the device so that twisting strains applied to one oi the knobs l1 and not to the other will not so" be so likely to injure or break the pivot pin :or the screwas would be the if both the arm 14; and the lug'12 were ana ia side of each section of the ring.

In Figure 4: I have illustrated the details of the screw 15 and the arms 14. The arm 14 into whichthe screw is first inserted has its threads cut of slightly larger diameter than the threads of the screw. That is to say, the screw fits loosely, whereas the threads in the other arm 14 into which the endof the screw is seatedare made to fit more closely to the screw. Hence, when the screw is inserted and tightened the two arm members will be firmly secured together, and yet when it is desired to detach the device, the screw may be withdrawn until its end remains seated only in the arm member having the large screw, which will hold the screw from becoming detached from the arm, and thus prevented from being lost or misploced as would be the case if only one of the arm members were screw threaded.

In the modified form shown in Figure 5, each section of the ring is formed with a knob at one end and at the other end there is formed a complete ring 16 with an extension arm 17 beyond the ring 16 and the said ring and said arm are made of half the thickness of the body of the ring proper, so that when the two ring members are assembled in the position shownin Figure 5,

the thickness or the body of the ring will be substantially uniform throughout. Each ring member is formed with shoulder 1.8 designed to be engaged by the arm 17 to limit the inwardly swinging movement of the ring members. A pivot pin 19 is passed through the members adjacent toone side of the ring 16 and a screw 20 is provided for connecting the parts on the side of the ring 16 opposite from the pivot pin.

In' practical use, and assuming that the screw is seated only in one of the arms 1%, then the knobs 11 are placed in the animals nose and the parts brought together and the screw 15 screwed into the other one of the arms 1d, and when this in done, the device is ready for use as a leading ring. The space between the arms 14: and the parts of the ring on which the lugs 12 are formed is designed to receive a snap hook for leading chains or rope, and when this is done then the arms 14 prevent the snap hoop or the rope from sliding around the ring to a point where they mi ht engage or injure the animals nose. fience these arms serve the double function of limiting the movement of the snap hook and at the same time firmly brace and rigidly secure the ring members in their relative positions against movement in any direction.

Furthermore, by having the snap hook always held at the bottom of the ring and plying power to the snap hook to hold an animal, then one or" the inner sides of the ring members will engage the enlarged base portion at the exterior of the nostril wall,

which will serve as a fulcrum, and the knob on the opposite member will press the wall of the nostril laterally, thus'applying a le verage or twisting movement instead of a straight pull as with the ordinary rings.

I claim as my invention:

1. An improved bull ring formed of two parts, each substantially semi-circular in outline and each having at one end a knob and at the other end a lug, a pivot pin con necting the two lugs together, and an arm formed on each member between the knob and the pivot pin extended across the ring and being provided with openings designed to receive a screw for holding the parts rigidly together, for the purposes stated.

2. An improved bull ring comprising two like members, each member being substantially semi-circular in outline and round. in

cross section, and being provided at one end with an oval knob and at the other end with a flattened lug, and each also beingprovided with an arm extended inwardly from the member, said arm and said lug each being of substantially halt the thickness of the ring proper and being arranged on opposite an integral arm between the pivotal pointand the knob and said arms being shaped to lie in overlapping position wnen the members are in position for use and both arms being formed with openings,'and ascrew secured in said openings for rigidly securing the members in position relative to each other.

Des Moines, Iowa, December22, 1922.

JOSEPH S. NAYLOR. 

